Leave it to NPR to soil history.
This is from NPR. Coming from them, I would have to verify that there was ever any such person as Winston Churchill.
Huh? Either the author doesn't know the difference between a friend and a wartime ally, or he is deliberately trying to slander Churchill.
My dad used to say something to the effect of:
It takes a strong man to drink strong liquor.
It takes a strong man to be a leader.
Only the strongest of men may do both.
(I probably have the phrase wrong and someone will know the correct way it goes).
Too bad Churchill drank and smoked so much in WW2. There were several scares in which it was though he was a goner, mainly due to pneumonia. In spite of his doctor’s efforts, Winnie eventually succumbed 20 years after the war at age 90. Such a tragic loss for one so young...
He lived to the ripe old age of 90.
Franz: You know, not many people knew it, but the Führer was a terrific dancer.
Max: Really? I never dreamed that...
Franz: (now shouting with rage) That is because you were taken in by that verdammte Allied propaganda! Such filthy lies! They told lies! But nobody ever said a bad word about Winston Churchill, did they? No! “Win with Winnie!” Churchill! With his cigars, with his brandy. And his ROTTEN painting! Rotten! Hitler, THERE was a painter! He count paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! TWO COATS! Churchill. He couldn’t even say “Nazi”. He would say “Nooooozeeehz, Nooooozeeehz!” It wasn’t NOSES, it was NAZIS! Churchill!
Max: Exactly why...
Franz: Let me tell you THIS! And you’re hearing this straight from the horse - Hitler was better looking than Churchill. He was a better dresser than Churchill. He had more hair! He told funnier jokes! And he could dance the PANTS off of Churchill!
My favorite Churchill quote is his to the British politician Bessie Braddock.
Supposedly Braddock encountered an intoxicated Churchill and said “Sir, you are drunk.” He replied:
“And you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.”
Shame about that Gallipoli Campaign.
He was in line to inherit a Dukedom for years until an heir was born. Duke of Marlborough.
Vanderbilt money saved his birth home -Blenheim Palace. Over 700 rooms. The Royals uses it as a filming location.
I would urge people to read the forward in William Manchester’s final volume of his biography on Winston Churchill. There is some very good information as to his drinking and how he worked. While in today’s world he would definitely be labeled an alcoholic he was looked at as a heavy drinker I guess.
His routine was a whiskey and soda in the morning and he would nurse that drink for a long time.
Lunch he would have champange.
Dinner he had champange and after dinner brandy.
Last year when I turned 60 I had my fantasy dinner that if I could afforded it I would have had it. Now the following is the kind of Liquor Churchill would have had:
So here we go with Captain Peter Blood’s Fantasy 60th Birthday Dinner Celebration
For Pre-Dinner Cocktails only the very best Scotch Whiskey Available:
The Glenlivet 70 Year Old, Put down in 1940 at the beginning of World War II
Cost $30,000 a Bottle and Damn Well Worth it!
We move on to the Appetizer Menu:
Shrimp Cocktails
Escargot bathed in a delicious Garlic Butter
A Nice Selection of Crayfish, Tiger Prawns, and Oysters on the Half Shell or ala Rockefeller.
To enjoy this one must have the right wine, in this case Champagne so we have Three of excellent vintage.
Dom Perignon 1947 $3000 a Bottle
Dom Perignon 1966 $1200 a Bottle
Pol Roger 1921 $5661 a Bottle (Winston Chruchill’s Favorite Brand)
In addition to the Appetizer’s Above we also will have available:
Caesar Salad
Tossed Green Garden Salad
Croutons & Walnuts
Seafood Salad
Olives, Green Beans and Feta Cheese
A selection of Cheese, American and European
Now for the Dinner Main Course Selection’s:
Rare Roast Fillet of Beef
Roulade of Turkey Breast filled with Spinach & Pinenut Puree
Lobster
Classical Sea Trout “chaud –froid”
Vegetable Terrine of Taro, Artichoke’s, Broccoli, Choko & Capsicum, Crepinettes of Pheasant and Duck Liver’ en croute’
Ethel Taylor’s Homemade Rolls
Wine Selection for the Main Meal:
Baron Philippe de Rothschild 1853 Bordeaux $12,000 a Bottle
2008 Didier Dagueneau Silex Sauvignon Blanc $120 a Bottle
1990 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France $750 a
Bottle
Now for the Dessert Menu:
Ehtel Taylor’s Homemade Chocolate Pie from scratch
Chocolate Filagree
Crème Brulee
Grand Marnier Mille Feuille
Lemon & Wine Syllabub with Strawberry Coulis
Crepes Suzette
We need an outstanding Dessert Port to go with this and I offer:
The Det Franske Vinlager Hunts Old Nutty Vintage Port $14,394 a Bottle
Of course after Dessert comes the PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE
Fine imported Coffee and a special Cognac to top off the evening:
The 1858 Croizet Cuvee Leonie $76,000 a Bottle
“Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
— Winston Churchill
The drink never came close to intefering.
Quiz: Would you rather have as a leader, a womanizing, cigar smoking boozehound, or a vegetarian who is also an animal rights champion?
One is Churchill, the other is Hitler.
Did he keep it in a pretty cabinet?
My favourite account by Churchill of his younger cavalry days is of the Afghan/Indian frontier. Unhorsed, he faced a huge berserk Afghan with his calvary sword. The man was waving a whacking great scimitar. Churchill conceded he would have no chance. He calmly reached for his pistol and shot the man twice. The man did not go down, but ran behind a rock. At no time seemingly did Churchill overstate his actions on the frontier.
JMHO
FMCDH(BITS)
The first was while he was watching the televised funeral of Winston Churchill.
The other was when he came home from the hospital to tell us that his father had died while they were talking.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)